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2010 A-133 Report - Finance - University of Michigan

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN<br />

Management's Discussion and Analysis (Unaudited)--Continued<br />

Capital and Debt Activities<br />

One <strong>of</strong> the critical factors in continuing the quality <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>’s academic, research and<br />

clinical programs is the development and renewal <strong>of</strong> capital assets. The <strong>University</strong> continues to<br />

implement its long-range plan to modernize its complement <strong>of</strong> older facilities, along with<br />

balanced investment in new construction.<br />

Capital asset additions totalled $695 million in <strong>2010</strong>, as compared to $844 million in 2009.<br />

Capital asset additions primarily represent replacement, renovation and new construction <strong>of</strong><br />

academic, research, clinical, athletic and student residence facilities, as well as significant<br />

investments in equipment, including information technology. Current year capital asset<br />

additions were primarily funded with net assets and gifts designated for capital purposes <strong>of</strong><br />

$521 million, as well as debt proceeds <strong>of</strong> $172 million and state capital appropriations <strong>of</strong><br />

$2 million.<br />

Construction in progress, which totalled $546 million at June 30, <strong>2010</strong> and $786 million at June<br />

30, 2009, includes important new facilities for patient care, research, instruction, athletics and<br />

student residential life.<br />

At June 30, <strong>2010</strong>, construction continues on a new facility for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital<br />

and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital to meet increasing patient demand and accommodate<br />

future research, education and clinical care innovations. The new state-<strong>of</strong>-the art facility will<br />

further enhance specialty services for newborns, children and pregnant women, not <strong>of</strong>fered<br />

anywhere else in <strong>Michigan</strong>, including programs for Level I pediatric trauma, pediatric liver<br />

transplant, and crani<strong>of</strong>acial anomalies as well as high-risk pregnancy and specialty<br />

gynecological services. With a clinic building <strong>of</strong> nine floors and an inpatient building <strong>of</strong><br />

twelve floors, the new facility will be approximately 1.1 million square feet. After the new<br />

facility is completed in fiscal 2012, the existing C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s<br />

Hospital will be used to benefit the entire Health System.<br />

Construction projects are also underway at the Law School. Legal education has changed<br />

considerably since Hutchins Hall, the main classroom and administrative building for the Law<br />

School, opened in 1933. Today's law students take a greater number <strong>of</strong> small classes, interact<br />

more with each other and with clients in supervised clinical settings, and draw heavily on<br />

technology. Located across Monroe Street and south <strong>of</strong> the Law Quad, a new four-story<br />

academic and administrative building is under construction to meet these needs, as well as<br />

provide more space for a student body which has more than doubled since the last time the Law<br />

School added classroom space. In addition, the new, two-level Robert B. Aikens Commons<br />

will occupy the currently unused grassy area between Hutchins Hall and the Legal Research<br />

Building. This structure will include a main floor café and a lower level designed to facilitate<br />

student meetings and study groups. This project also includes life safety upgrades to Hutchins<br />

Hall and the Cook Library. These projects are scheduled to be completed in fiscal 2012.<br />

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